By Bob Pulliam One of the most fundamental aspects of Christianity is the everyday life we live. It is many times pictured as a walk (2 Cor. 5:7; Eph. 4: 1; Rom. 8:4). It is to be a conscious effort toward purity and uprightness: and no place better confirms this than the seventh and eighth chapters …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
A Respectable Sin?
By Randy Blackaby There is a sin which has become respectable these days. That sin is forsaking the assembly or failing to worship the Lord on a regular basis. There are brethren who seem to feel absolutely no guilt about going camping, fishing or visiting on the Lord’s Day, so long as they “make their appearance” …
The Power of Preaching the Gospel
By Randy Harshbarger The title of this article suggests that there is power in the preaching of God’s word, the gospel, or as Paul says in Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation.” The Apostle was duty bound to preach only the gospel, for …
Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 5:14
By W.R. Jones Serving as an elder of the church is a rather awesome responsibility if a man takes it seriously. If he doesn’t take it seriously, then he shouldn’t be one in the first place. Thus, in admonishing Christians to obey the elders the Hebrew writer states, “for they watch for your souls, as they …